The shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico are likely to get a second look

Chevron is pushing ahead with its plans for an Extended Tension Leg Platform (ETLP) on its deepwater Big Foot development in the US Gulf of Mexico by awarding FloaTEC, a deepwater joint venture between Keppel FELS and J. Ray McDermott, the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract. The operator issued the FEED award to [...]

Wood Group has been selected by Helix Energy Solutions to provide commissioning services and offshore personnel for the Helix Producer I, the first ship-shaped floating production unit (FPU) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Wood Group subsidiary DSI helped to develop the commissioning plan and commissioned the ship’s systems in Croatia and Greece, where the [...]

GALVESTON, Texas — Bisso Marine has buried a pipeline 16 ft (4.9 m) below the hardened seabed of the Gulf of Mexico. Working in 54 ft (16 m) of water, the crew of the DLB Big Chief installed a hot tap and used a Super Jet Pump System to bury 13,893 ft (4,235 m) of [...]

Statoil-CNOOC deal opens U.S. Gulf to Chinese oil exploration In its third quarter report, Statoil confirmed that it has signed an agreement with China’s CNOOC for a number of stakes in its Gulf of Mexico (GOM) leases. Significantly, the deal opens the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to Chinese oil companies for the first time. In [...]

HOUSTON — Deep Marine Technology’s 292-foot vessel DMT Emerald has installed a purpose built suction pile, subsea manifold, and tree for ExxonMobil at the Rockefeller field on East Breaks Block 992 in the Gulf of Mexico. The suction pile, which is over 35 feet (10.6 m) tall and 15 feet (4.6 m) in diameter, was successfully [...]

Subsea contractor Technip said it was awarded a lump sum contract by Marathon Oil Company for the Ozona field development in the Gulf of Mexico.  The project consists of the tie-in of a well in Garden Banks 515 to the Shell Auger platform.  The contract covers project management and surveys, engineering, procurement / fabrication and [...]

HOUSTON — Deep Marine Technology has appointed Wade Abadie as president and COO. Abade has been with the company since 2005.  He will be responsible for advancing the company’s mission and objectives, as well as promoting revenue, profitability, and growth. He also will continue to oversee company operations insuring production efficiency, quality, service, and safe [...]